Follow Up 

iPhone 5s Gets New Software Update 13 Years After Launch

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/26/iphone-5s-software-update/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes

https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-new-privacy-policy/

The App Store will start showing multiple ads in search results beginning in March

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/22/app-store-search-ads-more-ads-march/

US officially out of WHO, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars unpaid

https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/us-stiffs-who-hundreds-of-millions-as-it-officially-withdrawals/

Cop cops it after Copilot cops out: West Midlands police chief quits over AI hallucination

https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/copper_chief_cops_it_after/

News 

People are uninstalling TikTok and downloading an indie competitor

https://www.engadget.com/social-media/people-are-uninstalling-tiktok-and-downloading-an-indie-competitor-233345222.html?src=rss

Apple Unveils New AirTag With Longer Range, Louder Speaker, and More

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/26/apple-announces-new-airtag/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Apple is reportedly developing a wearable AI pin

https://www.engadget.com/wearables/apple-is-reportedly-developing-a-wearable-ai-pin-204705065.html?src=rss

Leak: Nvidia is about to challenge ‘Intel Inside’ with as many as eight Arm laptops

https://www.theverge.com/games/867056/leak-nvidia-n1-n1x-laptops-lenovo-dell

Class action seeks $2 billion over claims Apple Pay harmed UK consumers

https://9to5mac.com/2026/01/23/lawsuit-seeks-2-billion-over-claims-apple-pay-harmed-uk-consumers/

Tim Cook attends Melania screening

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/white-house-vip-melania-screening-mike-tyson-tim-cook-1236484037/

iPad is 16! (Today)

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/27/ipad-turns-16-today/

Car Corner

The great e-bike crackdown has begun

https://www.theverge.com/column/866218/e-bike-crackdown

Tesla paywalls lane centering on new Model 3 and Model Y purchases

https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/tesla-paywalls-lane-centering-on-new-model-3-and-model-y-purchases-184000707.html?src=rss

Media

For All Mankind returns on March 27 for a fifth season

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/for-all-mankind-returns-on-march-27-for-a-fifth-season-183212860.html?src=rss

Tomorrow Never Dies

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tomorrow_never_dies

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/a_knight_of_the_seven_kingdoms

Games

Art of Rally

https://www.metacritic.com/game/art-of-rally/

Main Show

2026 Projects

App Development

Xcode

https://developer.apple.com/xcode/

SwiftUI

https://developer.apple.com/swiftui/

Continued Network Upgrades

Travel Router

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/wifi-special-devices/products/utr

10Gig Back haul

NAS - replacement for aging Synology

https://static1.xdaimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/synology-ds925-plus-side-profile.jpg

https://uk.store.ui.com/uk/en/category/all-integrations/products/unas-pro-4

Monitor Upgrade!?!

https://www.apple.com/studio-display/

https://www.asus.com/displays-desktops/monitors/proart/proart-display-6k-pa32qcv/

Replacement Studio Display?

App of the Week 

Find Non-US Alternatives

https://www.bankrupttrump.org/

Thing of the Week 

When Gavin Met Stacey

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/When-Gavin-Met-Stacey-and-Everything-in-Between-Audiobook/B0DQX3CF2Q?eac_link=Xn1QR9vdOp7D&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B0DQX3CF2Q&qid=WnljGwUcQV&eac_id=257-0220616-6954417_WnljGwUcQV&sr=1-1